1997 President's Cup – Doubles
# 1997 President's Cup – Doubles

The 1997 Tashkent Open was a men's tennis tournament held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament, part of the 1997 ATP Tour, and was held from September 8 to September 15.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

* Karsten Braasch / Roger Smith (semifinals)
* Sander Groen / Andrei Pavel (semifinals)
* Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich (quarterfinals)
* Vincenzo Santopadre / Vince Spadea (champions)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | K Braasch R Smith | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Cañas J Delgado | 6 | 3 | | 1 | K Braasch R Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Heuberger R Weidenfeld | 6 | 6 | | | I Heuberger R Weidenfeld | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Ivanov D Mazur | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | K Braasch R Smith | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | N Behr E Erlich | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | H Arazi E Ran | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | V Kucenko D Tomashevich | 4 | 6 | | 3 | N Behr E Erlich | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi E Ran | 6 | 6 | | | H Arazi E Ran | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Khankodjaev A Kokurin | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | H Arazi E Ran | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| | N Kiefer O Ogorodov | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | V Santopadre V Spadea | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | K Carlsen C Saceanu | 6 | 6 | 4 | | N Kiefer O Ogorodov | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | V Santopadre V Spadea | 6 | 6 | | 4 | V Santopadre V Spadea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Commandeur B Phau | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | 4 | V Santopadre V Spadea | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | S Campbell Ģirts Dzelde | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | S Groen A Pavel | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | T Ganiev A-H Makhkamov | 6 | 1 | | | S Campbell Ģirts Dzelde | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Groen A Pavel | 6 | 6 | | 2 | S Groen A Pavel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Stoliarov N Welgreen | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
